with the FAA and New Hampshire DOT Bureau of Aeronautics Division (“BofA”)
to upgrade the Design Only project to a full moving and reconstruction of Taxiway
“Alpha”. That taxiway relocation project has been part of the approved Airport
Improvement Plan (“AIP”) for many years and is critical to the future development
of the airport property. By moving the taxiway, more land would be available
which would allow more room for development and more efficient use of the
airport property.
In addition to high paying jobs and other economic benefits, successful
development of that parcel would add an additional tax basc to the City of
approximately $25 million. This development would provide hangar facilitics
primarily for several large corporate aircraft facilities. These aircraft are quieter
and would add only marginally to the number of aircraft movements at the airport.
These proposed facilities would not be for any scheduled airlines aircraft and
would not require any funding from the State or City.
Despite the importance of this project, the Project has been part of the approved
AIP for many years, and the NAA demonstrating the need for the taxiway
relocation, the NH DOT B of A has not yet recommended that this project go
forward, If this project docs not go forward soon, we will lose the ability to fully
develop our airport. The NAA will continue to pursuc this to its successful
conclusion.
Potential Risk
Environmental: As part of a statewide initiative, the State of New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services (““NHDES”) have performed random
sampling of the groundwater on the airport property. As a result, and at the request
of the NHDES, NAA is conducting an Environmental Study in relation to amounts
of PFAS found by the NHDES in its samples, all of which were well below or
